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of sins forgiven fo r Christ’s sake Is very real; that His help, companion ship, and /friendship are very real; that the help He gives to overcome sin is very real; that intercourse with Him through prayer or the reading of His Book is very real and prac tical, and that the'Christian life, if it is lived in dependence on and in obe dience to Him, is a very feasible, practical, and happy thing.” Seventeen Cents— and God’s Tithe In Omaha, Nebraska, a friend has been sending gifts of money to the Institute for many years, to be ap plied toward the training of students. Not long ago, someone asked her how her interest in the school began. She sent this reply: “ I never have been a student of the Bible Institute of Los Angeles and no one ever has called on me. In 1931, we lost our son in an automobile accident. He was only sixteen, and his going was a heavy blow. One of my neigh bors asked me to go to a Wednesday morning Bible class, and through the class I began taking THE KING’S BUSINESS... In the fall of that year the depression really hit us. We have always considered it a blessing, how ever, for it taught us so surely that if we will only place ourselves com pletely in His care, we shall be pro vided for. During that time, my hus band was persuaded to tithe. We started by giving the Lord two cents of our total sum, seventeen cents. By. referring tp the record of our sub sequent contributions, I believe you can see what happened. My prayers are always with you and I know that you, too, have learned that faith and prayer are the two greatest factors in the lives of any of us.” Infilling By Martha Snell Nicholson Someone brought me a little gift, A thin glass amber bowl. When empty it is lusterless And commonplace and dull. But filled with water it becom® A rare and lovely sight, To charm the eye, and make me catch My breath with sheer delight. A glowing jewel, holding all The sunlight in the room, A globe of liquid loveliness, A golden rose in bloom. I n,ever fill the empty bowl And then step back to see Its shining miracle again But that I think how He Into our empty, dull-hued souls His Holy Spirit pours, Nor stays His hand until we glow With beauty—His, not ours!
In Los Angeles: Youth for Christ One after another,, the large cities of the nation and many smaller places are witnessing a work of God among young people. In Chicago, so enthu siastic was the response that more than 28,000 crowded the Chicago Sta dium on a Saturday night last fall, and the good work goes on without interruption. (See December K ING ’S BUSINESS.) Now Los Angeles has been awak ened. The first meeting of the “Saturday Night Jubilee,” as it is called here, was held on January 6 if f the audito rium of the Church of the Open Door. Some 3,000 attended. High-school and college-age youth predominated both in the audience and on the platform. The program announced that “Youth Does It,” and with gusto, youth did! Briefly, this is the background of the movement in Los Angeles. A l most two years ago, a few young men. who were concerned for the evangelization of the world began to pray that God would give them a vi sion of what He wanted to do for the youth in this vicinity; and then that He Himself would accomplish that purpose by doing something that would have repercussions around the world. Those meetings for prayer con tinued a l m o s t every week right through the two years. A few months ago the Lord laid upon the hearts of these men a bur den for prayer particularly for a youth rally, similar to those being held in other parts of the U n i t e d States, and having as its main theme the evangelization of the worl,d. The meeting on January 6 w a s God’s answer. The program was pop ular; young people liked it; it w a s evangelistic; and it presented t h e missionary challenge with vigor and with surprise. The aim of the movement here is threefold; To give to Christian young people a vision of responsibility for witnessing for the Lord; to press the claims of the Great Commission; and to interest and win for Christ that vast army of high-school and college- age youth that might otherwise never be reached. While there is no official connection between the Bible Institute of Los An geles and this youth movement, the school is naturally a center for prayer and interest in what the Lord is per forming. The plan is to hold these gatherings every Saturday night until, the Lord indicates differently.
An encouraging token of His work ing was received when, on Monday morning following the Saturday night beginning, a young Korean telephoned one of the leaders to say that he had sat through the meeting without mak ing any “decision. But the Spirit of God had spoken to him so insistently that on Sunday, while riding on a street car, he had determined to set tle the matter, and he then and there received Christ. May God grant that many another young person may receive the Saviour and "then go out valiantly to witness for Him. Christian General Governor and commander-in-chief of the rugged mid-Mediterranean is land fortress of Malta during some of the darkest days of British history, Lt.-Gen. Sir William G; S. Dobbie is credited wijh saving the “m o s t bombed spot on earth.” Equally distinguished is he as a loyal believer in the Lord J e s u s Christ. Accompanied by Lady Dobbie, he will begin in late January a coast- to-coast tour of principal cities of the United States and Canada, telling to American audiences the epochal story of God’s deliverance. The General and his wife, who stayed faithfully at his side, experienced more than 2,300 air raids in the two-year siege. Excerpts from his writings show the character of his faith. " I am con vinced,” he declares, “ that a real and sure foundation can be found, and that millions all down the centuries have found it in the inspired Word of God, the Holy Scriptures . . . . It has the authority of God Himself, and tells us with all the force of that authority what Almighty God thinks about the deepest things of life. “I believe that God intended that man should be for His (God’s) own delight and pleasure . . . But I find that this purpose was frustrated by the Fall, when sin entered in and formed a barrier between man and God. I find that God planned to re move this barrier by dealing with the sin of man, and delivering man from its guilt and penalty. “I believe that it was for this pre cise purpose that the Son of God, whom we know as the Lord Jesus Christ,, came to this earth, and o f fered Himself as a sacrifice in order to pay the penalty for our sins and thus reconcile us tp God. “I have found that the assurance
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